V-2nd C4 The Eternal Drama of Love and Death
michael.lee.bailey at gmail.com
michael.lee.bailey at gmail.com
Sun Aug 1 00:16:26 CDT 2010
Modernist copycat, so many points of reference, even the themes, you could certainly make a case, and have done so, that he is steering by those stars in V.
(They are excellent stars to steer by)
I'm not going to belabor the points I'd raise - not in opposition, but as addenda: the use of them is mature enough to be impressive (to put it mildly); and there is something there beyond the influences that is distinctive enough to give them a context: a broth they float in; the tidal pool containing the submarine scungille farm...
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